Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- The Railway Institute
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The George Fox Incident
- The Black Death
- The Guildhall
- Viking Silk Cap
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Bar Convent
- Clifford's Tower
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Fire in the Minster
- Church of St Helen
- Yorkshire Museum
- Alcuin of York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Roman Gods and Goddesses